📽️ The Last Stand: Documentary Film Showing

🗓️ Wednesday, October 21st

🕖 7:00p

✅ FREE and open to the public.


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About The Last Stand

The Last Stand: Christ or Chaos, The War for the West is a documentary film and book from Seth Gruber examining the historical and theological roots of the crisis facing Western civilization. Moving across centuries of history, The Last Stand traces the conflict between Christianity and rival visions of humanity, freedom, sexuality, family, and political authority, showing how ideas once fought by previous generations continue to shape the cultural battles of today.


Rather than viewing abortion, gender ideology, sexual revolution, family breakdown, and cultural instability as disconnected issues, The Last Stand reveals the deeper spiritual conflict that connects them. By recovering the forgotten stories of Christians who confronted evil in generations past, the project calls today’s Church to remember its inheritance, reject passivity, and once again stand courageously for truth, life, family, and the lordship of Christ.

Wednesday, October 21st, 2026 // 7:00p

FAQs

  • What is the film about?


    Film Synopsis:

    In 1934, anthropologist J.D. Unwin studied dozens of civilizations across history and found a striking pattern: every culture that abandoned sexual restraint collapsed within three generations. The Last Stand puts a date on that clock, 1973, and asks a hard question: is this generation the last one?


    This feature documentary traces 2,000 years of the fight over the family, the vulnerable, and the unborn, from ancient Rome to revolutionary France to Weimar Germany, revealing that today’s culture war is nothing new. What has changed is the church’s response. For centuries, the church stood against these same currents. The Last Stand argues its recent silence may be the undoing of the west.


    The Last Stand is a grassroots movement gaining, church by church, campus by campus, because time is running out. The goal: 2,000+ church screenings, 100+ university screenings, A curriculum, and new White Rose chapters launching in cities across the country.


    “Once you see where you stand in history… doing nothing is no longer an option.”


  • When is the presentation and how long does it last?


    Wednesday, October 21st, starting promptly at 7:00p.


    The total time of the presentation will be around 1.75 hours, from 7:00p to roughly 8:45p.


    Here is the schedule of the presentation:

    • 7:00p – Brian Saksa, White Rose Resistance Midwest Regional Director, prefaces the film (5 minutes)
    • 7:05p – The Last Stand documentary is shown (90 minutes)
    • 8:35p – Brian shares action steps that can be taken. (10 minutes)
    • Approx. 8:45p – Presentation ends


  • Can I watch the presentation online if I can’t attend in person?


    Unfortunately, no. Due to licensing restrictions, we are not allowed to livestream the event.


  • Where is Living Word located?


    Living Word Church is located at 905 10th Ave SE, Spencer, Iowa.


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  • Will there be childcare or any other Wednesday night activities?


    Childcare: No, childcare will not be available.

    Normal Wednesday Activities: No. All other Wednesday groups (Youth, Men, Women) will come together in the auditorium to view the film together.


  • Who is The White Rose Resistance?


    The White Rose Resistance is a national pro-life movement dedicated to awakening the Church, defending the unborn, and confronting the culture of death. Founded by Seth Gruber, White Rose equips Christians to understand the ideas and ideologies driving abortion and cultural decline and challenges believers to bring biblical truth beyond the walls of the Church and into the public square.


    Inspired by Hans and Sophie Scholl and the original White Rose resistance movement, White Rose calls Christians to courageously confront evil rather than remain silent in the face of injustice. Through films, books, media, education, advocacy, events, and grassroots activism, The White Rose Resistance is building and equipping a movement committed to defending life, strengthening the family, and restoring a courageous Christian witness in American culture.


  • Is there a cost?


    No. The showing of the film is free and open to the public.


    However, there will be an offering received to go toward the work that The White Rose Resistance is doing to be part of the solution to the crisis the film presents.